City Wide Maintenance

Founded: 1959 Franchising since: 2001

8460 Nieman Rd. Lenexa, Kansas 66214

Phone: (866)887-4029

Franchisor has 50 employee(s); 5 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	22	0	0	1
2008	18	0	0	1
2007	15	0	0	1
2006	11	0	0	1
2005	10	0	0	1

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North carolina, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 500,000 to 2,000,000 population

Total investment: $100K-250K Franchise fee: $75K-125K

Ongoing royalty fee: 5% Term of agreement: 15 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	Yes	Yes
Startup Costs	No	Yes
Equipment	No	No
Inventory	No	No
Accounts Receivable	No	No
Payroll	No	Yes

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $250K
Cash liquidity requirement: $150K
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• Marketing skills

Operations

• 5% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 4
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 2 weeks
• At franchisee's location: 2 weeks
• Annual training meeting; on-site visits

Ongoing Support

• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Internet
• Security/safety procedures
• Field operations/evaluations
• Purchasing cooperatives

Marketing Support

• Ad slicks
• National media

Other marketing support

• Website

Franchise 500® rank:
#425 (2009); #360 (2007);